IN PICTURES: These 28 Rare Photos of India from the 1900s Will Make Your Day

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India has always been a country of contrasts — and of incredible beauty. These 28 photos — taken between 1900—1908 — are not only interesting because they bring to life a past that doesn’t exist any more, but also because the people and places in these photos prove that India has always been a country that is gloriously, exhilaratingly alive. The heart of India beats on.

1. Man dives from the top of a 50 ft tower into a tank below — Fatehpur Sikri

2. State barge of the Maharaja of Kashmir — Srinagar

3. A man and his ox-cart — Kolkata

4. Rock-hewn temple — Elephanta

5. Parsi headmaster and his students — Uran, Navi Mumbai

6. Golden Temple — Amritsar

7. Mahapalika Marg — Mumbai

8. Colonnade at Dilwara Jain Temple — Mount Abu

9. Naldehra — Shimla

10. Inflating bullock-skin boats to cross the river — Banks of the Sutlej